Always Knew

Yeah, this right here is dedicated to

My family, my friends, my lady

Everybody that helped me down

Through the highs and lows

Especially the Lord, you know what I mean?

You held a bright light in my life, you feel me?

Shine a light on me

You shine a light on me

You shine a light on me

You shine a light on me

Yeah, ayy

Shine a light on me

Learned a lot over these last few years

Industry people ain't friends, just peers

I learned that these girls easy like the morning of a Sunday

They don't love you till you gone like Harambe

Still killin' over colors, now it's black and blue

We dyin' every day, B, we just don't make the news

When you speak out for your race, just watch

They gon' twist and say you hate these cops

I'ma take these shots

How can he love Jesus, Kanye, and K-Dot?

Martin, Malcolm, and Schaeffer, Mitsubishi, and Maybach?

Contradictory, nah, it's complimentary

Understanding me ain't for the simple and elementary, oh

I know this might go over some heads

But I come from being government fed

Could be running from feds

But now I give the government bread

'Cause you playin' back the words that I said

I can't believe we made it through

My momma said she ain't surprised

Told me that she always knew

My day ones still the same ones, love to the crew

I told my lady: I ain't never met nobody like you

A thank you

Now I remember, uh, I was sittin' in my room

Glued to my television daily after school

And I never saw me goin' to college

Higher learning was a different world, I can acknowledge

I used to imagine me in a black Range

Gettin' paid from doin' this lil' rap thing

And now I'm payin' these professors couple thousand for a lesson

Graduated, in recession, Sallie Mae just wanna check in, I'm stressin'

Rap music, it was all a dream

Now I'm in a session chasin' my dream

Who would have knew? Man, it's crazy

S1 introduced me to Jay-Z

Never met my dad, but I met the music that raised me

I know this might go over some heads

But I come from being government fed

Could be running from feds

But now I give the government bread

'Cause you playin' back the words that I said

That's crazy

I can't believe we made it through

My momma said she ain't surprised, told me that she always knew

My day ones still the same ones, love to the crew

I told my lady, "I ain't never met nobody like you"

A thank you

Listen, I know God did it, can't take the credit

Paid off all of my debts, but I still feel so indebted

Been all over the world with these songs I wrote

My life story oughta to give y'all hope

Without a doubt I've been doubted and counted out

I've been down for the count, about to quit

Momma told me keep going 'cause I was made for this

I either get a scholarship or I could get a hit

I still can't believe I made it here

I can't believe we made it through

My momma said she ain't surprised, told me that she always knew

My day ones still the same ones, love to the crew

I told my lady: I ain't never met nobody like you

A thank you

Shine a light on me

You shine a light on me

You shine a light on me

You shine a light on me

Yeah, ayy

Shine a light on me

You shine a light on me

You shine a light on me

You shine a light on me

Yeah, man